Tobacco-pipe cleaner



Nov. 24' 1925. 1,562,921

J. H. SEWELL TOBACCO PIPE CLEANER Filed March 16, 1925 A TTYE Patented Nov. 24, 1925.l

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ToEAccoLmrE CLEANER.

Application le'd March 16, 1925. Serial No. 15,998.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J oHN HENRY SEWELL, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and a resident of the city of Saskatoon, in the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tobacco-Pipe Cleaners, of which the following is the specification.

My invention relates to improvements in tobacco pipe cleaners and the object of the invention is to construct a device which can be attached to the stem of a pipe orcigarette or cigar holder and connected to any compressed air line whereby any obstruction in the pipe or holder will be cleared out by the air assing therethrough.

y invention consists of a device constructedf and arranged all as hereinafter more particularly described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 represents a side elevation of my device partly in section showing it applied to the stem of a pipe and also showing the nozzle of the air line connected with the devlce.

Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section therethrough, and

Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view through the line 4-4 Figure 2.

Like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different views.

1 is the casing constructed of any suitable rigid material and preferably tapering from one end to the other, the smaller end having a reduced neck formed thereon. 3 is an insert of resilient material such as rubber adapted to receive the stem of the pipe or cigarette or cigar holder. 4 are lugs eX` tending outwardly from the member 1 to which are pivotally connected the arms 5,

the inner ends of such arms being provided.

with shoulders 6 which are adapted to engage the member 1 when the arms are extended, thus limiting the movement of such arms. 7 is the air line and 8 is the nozzle thereof, such nozzle 8 being designed to receive the neck 2 of the member 1.

In using my device the pipe stem 9 is inf s erted into the interior of the insert 3 and by pressing the pipe stem securely into such tapered interior a tight joint is constituted between the stem and the resilient insert. The neck 2 of the member 1 is now applied to any air line nozzle 8, such as those used in any garage or service station for the purposes of inating tires.

When the neck 2 is applied to the nozzle 8 in the manner above described the air will be forced through the interior of the resilient insert 3, through the stem of the pipe, thus removing any obstruction or clearing out any nicotine therein and eventually blowing it out of the bowl of the pipe.

The construction of the nozzle 8 has not been shown as it is identical to that used for inla-ting tires, the neck 2 merely being applied to the nozzle in place of the neck of the tire valve. v

When the device is to be used the arms 5 are extended in order that the member 1 may be pressed down by the fingers engaging such extending arms so that the neck 2 enters the nozzle 8. When the device is not in use the arms 5 are swung inwardly into the position illustrated in dotted lines in Figure 2.

From the above description it will be apparent that I have devised simple and eective means of cleaning a pipe or cigarette or cigar holder by air, and, moreover, have devised one that is compact and which can be readily carried.

What I claim as my invention is,

1. Ar-pipe cleaner comprising a tubular casing having a neck at one end, and a hollow insert of resilient material. disposed in the interior of the casing.

2. A pipe cleaner comprising a tubular casing having a neck at one end and a hollow insert of resilient material disposed in the casing, the interior of said hollow insert tapering from one end to the other.

3. A pipe cleaner comprising a tubular casing having a neck at one end, a hollow insert of resilient material disposed in the interiorl of the casing, and means for holding the casin 4. A pipe cleaner comprising a tubular casing having a neck eat one end, a hollow insertof resilient material dis interior of the casing, an means for holding the casin 5. A pipe cleaner comprising a tubular 5 casing havin 'a neck at one end, a hollow insert of resi ient material disposed in the interior of the casing, and swngable arms hinged to the easing.

in the collapsible 6. A 'pipe cleaner comprising a, tubular casing lhavmg a neck at one end, a hollow in` 1o sert of resilient materialdisposed in the casing', the interior of said hollow insert ta, ering from one end to the other, and swlngable arms hinged to the casing.

JOHN HENRY SEWELL. 

